Microsoft Set To Launch Lync Mobile

<!-- /KINDLE EXCLUDE -->Microsoft in the coming weeks will release a version of its Lync collaboration suite for a number of mobile platforms, a company executive said.

Kirk Gregersen, senior director for Lync in Microsoft's Office division, said the software maker plans to release Microsoft Lync Mobile for Windows Phone 7, as well as for rival offerings from Apple and Google. "We want to be where our users are," said Gregersen, in an interview Wednesday at Microsoft's New York City office.